13 hours ago
Never Actioned Logs
2 days ago
Enjoy the Day
3 days ago
You’re Halfway There
3 days ago
Missed One
2 weeks ago
Complacency is a Pain to Clean Up
2 weeks ago
Focus on One Thing
2 weeks ago
Everything Takes Effort
2 weeks ago
Default to Team Patterns
2 weeks ago
Too Many Tabs
3 weeks ago
The Easy Metric
13 hours ago
What’s the point of your logs if you’re never going to look at them? If your logs are only there to check the box that “yes, we have logs”, there are many cheaper ways to accomplish this goal. Logs are meant to be actioned. Alerts are meant to be read. If you’re doing neither, then they will never help your users have a better app experience. Want more? Check out my book Code Your Way Up – available as an eBook or Paperback on Amazon (CAN and US). I’m also the co-host of the Remotely Prepared podcast.
2 days ago
Enjoy the Day
Greg Thomas
I enjoy talking to new people to figure out technology problems, and it’s always a surprise when you hear where they are from or what relation they have to where you are. I used to have a joke, when I’d introduce myself to a crowd of non-Canadian people – “No, I do not know Jeff from Vancouver”. I generally get an “Oh, you’re in Canada” response when I say where I’m from, which I’m only one of many, and despite all the ups and downs, imperfections, day-to-day struggles, and whatnot, it’s always nice to get that response and have that …
You’re Halfway There
Greg Thomas
I wrote about this thing called Craptivity, many years ago. It’s when you’re past the point of having started something, and you’re deep in the learning, training, iterating, and failing. It’s when you’re falling over yourself to learn but can’t seem to get out. It’s the hardest part of learning, because at that ebb, is where many people abandon the path of learning – because why stay there when I don’t feel great. But if you hang in there, stay there, iterate, make adjustments, that’s when you will come out stronger and better for it. Lots of time is left. …
3 weeks ago
The Easy Metric
Tokens were our gateway to playing games. Now they are the measure of our work and efficiency. They don’t have to be, they shouldn’t be, but right now, many companies are looking at token consumption as a successful metric for adoption. Why? Because it’s easy, it’s one thing, easy to count, easy to add, easy to subtract, and it gives you a nice number. The easy metrics have always been eschewed by leaders because they only measure what is easy, and not what is right. Accountability. Value. Responsibility. Leadership. Commitment. These are the values that we have always wanted in …
3 weeks ago
Your Best Work
Remember what your best work was? Do more of that work. Rinse and Repeat. Want more? Check out my book Code Your Way Up – available as an eBook or Paperback on Amazon (CAN and US). I’m also the co-host of the Remotely Prepared podcast.
Back to the Terminal
We have gone from the terminal to super-integrated and beautiful User Interface designs. Now we are back to cool-looking terminals that are slick and watch information scroll by in a variety of colours. It’s all a cycle, and I’m so glad that all of my console skills have not gone to waste! Want more? Check out my book Code Your Way Up – available as an eBook or Paperback on Amazon (CAN and US). I’m also the co-host of the Remotely Prepared podcast.